Course Description

This is a college preparatory course. Designed to develop chemical principles and concepts from experimental observations and data. These principles can be used to explain phenomena in daily life. Topics covered include atomic theory, chemical reactions, periodic behavior, kinetic theory, collegiate properties, organic chemistry and more.

Chemistry NGSS Performance Expectations

HS-PS1-1.Use the periodic table as a model to predictthe relative properties of elementsbased on the patternsof electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms.

HS-PS1-2. Construct and revise an explanationfor the outcome of a simple chemical reaction based on the outermost electron states of atoms,trends in the periodic table, and knowledge of the patternsof chemical properties.

HS-PS1-3. Plan and conduct an investigation to gather evidenceto compare the structure of substances at the bulk scaleto infer the strength of electrical forces between particles.

HS-PS1-4.Develop a model to illustrate that the release or absorption of energyfrom a chemical reaction system depends upon the changes in total bond energy.

HS-PS1-5. Apply scientific principles and evidence to provide an explanation aboutthe effects of changing the temperature or concentrationof the reacting particles on the rate at which a reaction occurs.

HS-PS1-6. Refine the design of a chemical systemby specifying a change in conditionsthat would produce increased amounts of products at equilibrium.

HS-PS1-7. Use mathematical representations to support the claimthat atoms, and therefore mass,are conservedduring a chemical reaction.

HS-PS2-4. Use mathematical representations ofNewton’s Law of Gravitation and Coulomb’s Lawto describe and predictthe gravitational and electrostatic forces between objects.

HS-PS3-1. Create a computational modelto calculate the changein the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known.

HS-PS3-2. Develop and use models to illustrate thatenergy at the macroscopic scalecan be accounted foras a combination of energy associated with the motions of particles (objects) and energy associated with the relative positions of particles (objects).

HS-PS3-4.Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence thatthe transfer of thermal energy when two components of different temperature are combinedwithin a closed systemresults in a more uniform energy distribution among the components in the system (second law of thermodynamics).

HS-PS3-5.Develop and use a model oftwo objects interacting through electric or magnetic fields to illustrate the forces between objects and the changes in energy of the objectsdue to the interaction.

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